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POL 454
ECONOMIC & CULTURAL
FOUNDATIONS
ECONOMIC & CULTURAL
FOUNDATIONS
I.
MAPPING IDENTITY
a. ETHNICITY
b. RELIGION
c. KINSHIP
II. REGIONAL ECONOMICS
Terms to Know
rentier state
AIOC
OPEC
Sunni
Kurds
Shia
Persian
Turk
Dutch disease
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
 What is identity, and which identities
matter more to people?
 What differences do you see between
the political, ethnic, and religious maps?
Ia. ETHNICITY
Ib. RELIGION
Ic. KINSHIP
 form of family organization involving a
large group of kinsmen related to one
another through patrilineal descent and
marriage.
 regulates many activities that in
Westernized societies are the functions
of political, economic, religious, or
neighborhood groups.
 Fealty: primary focus of loyalty; a
mutually protective attitude
http://countrystudies.us/iraq/44.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjxUTQ6o8-s
Identity in Iraq
http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Iraq_Religions_sm.jpg
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22626.pdf
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/tribes.jpg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/post_saddam_iraq/img/religious_map416.gif
http://www.ncusar.org/modelarableague/pages/
resources.html#Research
Country
Algeria
Bahrain
Democracy
Women’s
rights
Katherine Yunger
Samantha Naves, Zach
Sjoblom
Iraq
Rebecca Cantrell
Jordan
Anthony Doepker
Wendell Goodall
Stephen Sheets
Will Scott
Lindsey Preston
Chelsea Frye
Kuwait
Matt Caudill
Sam Keller, Leonard
Rojas
Sarah Hewitt
Justin May
Libya
Morocco
Arab-Israeli
Conflict
Harrison Little
Egypt
Lebanon
Iran’s nuclear
program
Hythem Sbita
Allison Desimio
Oman
Destiny Beatty
Palestine
Kelly McMillen, Suzanne
Metzger, Tyler Cates
Qatar
Natalie Priaulx
Saudi
Arabia
Molly Smith, Nathan
Wimberly, Adrian
Tim Cook, Preston
Corrigan
Andy Badii, Janina
Rue
Paul Bundy
Syria
Kim Mooneyham
Kelly Kroupa
Patrick Gooch
Cullen Bower
Tunisia
Mark Feigleson
UAE
Michelle Alexander
Yemen
Kyle Delehanty
Dan Bolon
II. REGIONAL ECONOMICS
 GDP/GNP/GNI
 PER CAPITA GDP
(adjusted for PPP)
 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX:
LIFE EXPECTANCY & HEALTH
 LITERACY & SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
 WATER & SANITATION

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
(2005 % world total)
USA
Japan
Germany
China
UK
France
Italy
Spain
Canada
India
Brazil
S.Korea
Mexico
Russia
Australia
Netherlands
Turkey
$12.4 trillion
$1.12 trillion
$362.5 billion
http://www.nationmaster.com/red/pie/eco_gdp-economy-gdp&b_printable=1
28.1%
10.3%
6.3%
5.1%
5.0%
4.8%
4.0%
2.5%
2.5%
1.8%
1.8%
1.8%
1.7%
1.7%
1.7%
1.4%
0.8%
Factor Endowments
Oil Reserves
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2005/07-12/oil-wars-article.htm
CONSORTIA
 William Knox Darcy and
the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company, later AngloIranian (AIOC)
 ARAMCO: ARABIAN-
AMERICAN
 IPC: IRAQI PETROLEUM CO.
(STANDARD OIL OF NJ/NY)
 GULF: 50% KUWAIT OIL
 BAHRAIN PETROLEUM
CO. (TEXACO & STANDARD
OIL OF CALIFORNIA)
Nationalization & Cartelization
 1938 Mexico
nationalizes
 1940s Venezuela
negotiates 50/50 split
 1951 Iran & AIOC
 1960 OPEC forms
 1970s All nationalize,
even the Shah’s Iran
http://home.hot.rr.com/syria/peak_oil/howmuchisthere.html
Oil: Blessing Or Curse?
 Dutch disease
large increases to a
country's income.
 Foreign currency
decreases exports/
increases imports
 manufacturing jobs
move abroad; nonresource industry
hurt

 Rentier state

Depend on
foreign revenue
for income

No citizen taxes

No incentives to
develop

No democracy or
loyalty